Oscar O'Shea

Known For: Acting
Born: October 7, 1881
Place of Birth: Peterborough, Ontario, Canada
Died: April 6, 1960

Oscar O'Shea

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Oscar O'Shea (8 October 1881 – 6 April 1960), born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, was a Canadian-American character actor with over 100 film appearances from 1937 to 1953. O'Shea was a comic actor who earned a million dollars but lost it all in the Great Depression. His first straight role came in a Federal Theatre Project production of It Can't Happen Here, a play based on the novel of the same name. His first film was Captains Courageous (1937). Beginning in 1929, O'Shea operated the Oscar O'Shea Players repertory theater company in the Embassy Theatre in Ottawa, Canada. He eventually ended the enterprise "to seek a field where his art would be more widely appreciated." He then set up an operation in Chicago, "where he managed his own theatre and stock company during good and bad years." O'Shea died in Hollywood, California in 1960 at age 78…

Filmography

MGM Parade

1955 · Self, self

One Sunday Afternoon

1948 · Toby

My Wild Irish Rose

1947 · Pat Daly

Sport of Kings

1947 · Judge Sellers

The Brute Man

1946 · Mr. Haskins - Grocer (uncredited)

Personality Kid

1946 · Officer O'Brien

Without Reservations

1946 · Conductor (uncredited)

Senorita from the West

1945 · Dusty

Bewitched

1945 · Capt. O'Malley

Here Come the Waves

1944 · Commodore (uncredited)

Mystery of the Riverboat

1944 · Capt. Ethan Perrin

Haunted Harbor

1944 · John Galbraith [Chs. 1, 7, 15]

The Mummy's Ghost

1944 · Museum Watchman

South of Dixie

1944 · Colonel Hatcher

Her Primitive Man

1944 · Jonathan

Happy Land

1943 · Father Case (uncredited)

Corvette K-225

1943 · Capt. Smith

Two Tickets to London

1943 · Mr. Tinkle

City Without Men

1943 · Joseph Barton

Half Way to Shanghai

1942 · Doctor McIntyre

Henry Aldrich, Editor

1942 · Judge Sanders

The Postman Didn't Ring

1942 · Judge Barrington

I Was Framed

1942 · Cal Beamish

The Bashful Bachelor

1942 · Squire Skimp

Dudes Are Pretty People

1942 · Cardigan, working ranch owner

Torpedo Boat

1942 · Captain Mike

Fly By Night

1942 · Pa Prescott

The Tell-Tale Heart

1941 · First Deputy Sheriff (uncredited)

The Officer and the Lady

1941 · Dan Regan

Riders of the Purple Sage

1941 · Noah Judkins

Lydia

1941 · Doctor Richards

Harmon of Michigan

1941 · 'Pop' Branch

Blossoms in the Dust

1941 · Dr. West

Ringside Maisie

1941 · Conductor

Mutiny in the Arctic

1941 · Capt. Bob Morrissey

Sleepers West

1941 · McGowan, a Engineer

Four Mothers

1941 · George Edwards (uncredited)

The Phantom Submarine

1940 · Captain Velsar

Always a Bride

1940 · Uncle Dan Jarvis

Wildcat Bus

1940 · Charles Dawson

Stranger on the Third Floor

1940 · The Judge

Pier 13

1940 · Skipper Kelly

Susan and God

1940 · Samr (uncredited)

You Can't Fool Your Wife

1940 · Dr. Emery

20 Mule Team

1940 · Train Conductor

Forty Little Mothers

1940 · Janitor at Train Station

Zanzibar

1940 · Captain Craig

Of Mice and Men

1939 · Jackson

Missing Evidence

1939 · John C. 'Pop' Andrews

The Night of Nights

1939 · Mr. Conway (uncredited)

The Roaring Twenties

1939 · Customer (uncredited)

Those High Grey Walls

1939 · Warden

The Star Maker

1939 · Mr. Flannigan

She Married a Cop

1939 · Pa Duffy

Tell No Tales

1939 · Sam O'Neil

Invitation to Happiness

1939 · Divorce Judge

S.O.S Tidal Wave

1939 · Mike Halloran

Lucky Night

1939 · Police Lieutenant

Big Town Czar

1939 · Pa Daley

Undercover Agent

1939 · Pat Murphy

Love Affair

1939 · Priest (uncredited)

King of the Turf

1939 · Bartender

Angels with Dirty Faces

1938

The Shining Hour

1938 · Charlie Collins

Stablemates

1938 · Pete Whalen

Youth Takes a Fling

1938 · Captain Walters

Campus Cinderella

1938 · Horace Howard

Racket Busters

1938 · Pop Wilson

Rebellious Daughters

1938 · Dad Elliott

The Main Event

1938 · Captain Rorty

Numbered Woman

1938 · Desk Sgt. Rourke

Snow Gets in Your Eyes

1938 · Gibson (uncredited)

Hold That Kiss

1938 · Pop - Man Bringing Usher's Clothes

International Crime

1938 · Heath

King of the Newsboys

1938 · Mr. Stephens

Border Wolves

1938 · Judge Coleman

The Canary Comes Across

1938 · Warden Clayton

Mannequin

1938 · 'Pa' Cassidy

Love Is a Headache

1938 · Pop Sheeman, Stage Doorman (uncredited)

Man-Proof

1938 · Gus the Bartender

Rosalie

1937 · Mr. Callahan

You're Only Young Once

1937 · Sheriff (uncredited)

Double Wedding

1937 · Turnkey (uncredited)

Big City

1937 · John C. Andrews

Captains Courageous

1937 · Captain Walt Cushman

The Good Old Soak

1937 · Jake

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